Brussels proposes asset freezes and travel bans for migrant smugglers
The European Commission and the EU's foreign policy chief presented the plan on July 9, 2026. It now needs the unanimous backing of all 27 member states.
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Dutch police detain 33 as Morocco World Cup win again sparks unrest
Most of the arrests came in The Hague, where riot officers deployed water cannon to clear crowds in the Schilderswijk district.
Andalusia becomes fourth Spanish region to adopt ‘national priority’ in PP-Vox pact
Vox has entered the government of Spain's most populous region for the first time, handing Juanma Moreno a fourth-term majority.
Halle city demands end of German-language requirement at local lido
Municipal authorities have expressed concern that the policy could be perceived as xenophobic and damage the city's public image.
EU states eye Rwanda and Uzbekistan as sites for migrant return hubs
The European Commission has said about 28 per cent of people ordered to leave the bloc were returned in 2025.
Nineteen EU states press Brussels to fund deportation centres abroad
Signatories included Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, among others.
Belgium issues Taliban visas for EU migration talks
The meeting follows an invitation issued last month by the European Commission.
EU leaders criticise Sánchez over mass immigrant regularisation
Legalising half a million people exported the problem across the bloc, critics told a closed-door summit.
Belgium becomes new launch point for migrant crossings to Britain
More than 400 people have been intercepted attempting to cross the English Channel from Belgian beaches so far in 2026.
EU Parliament votes for faster deportations and tougher return rules
Under the new rules, illegal immigrants will receive a formal return order and will generally be given up to 30 days to leave voluntarily.
Immigration returns as biggest concern for British public
Some 41 per cent of those surveyed named immigration as an important issue facing the country, up nine points since April.
French Justice Minister calls for three-year halt to legal immigration in France
"We have reached the limit of our capacity for integration and assimilation".
Italian FM Tajani: ‘If we have more children, we need less immigrants’
"We have a problem of demographic decline and we must understand if we want to have more children".
US rejects UN migration declaration, denouncing replacement immigration across the West
The Trump Administration did not take part in the second International Migration Review Forum, held at UN headquarters in New York.
Spain’s immigration regularisation scheme sees 13,500 apply in first 24 hours
On the first day alone, 13,500 migrants submitted applications through the Spanish Government’s new "extraordinary regularisation" scheme.
Italian opposition accelerate plans to ease citizenship rules
Pro-immigrant groups and opposition parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners,…
Ireland sees highest immigration in nearly two decades
Ireland has recorded its highest level of immigration since before the 2008 banking crash, the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) has confirmed.
Ireland suffering worrying ‘brain-drain’, and the entire EU should take note
A recent Euronews report should worry all readers in the European Union, particularly those residing in Ireland.
Mass immigration comes at a huge cost and where migrants come from matters: It is time Europe’s mainstream politicians acknowledged these truths
In 2007, Philippe Legrain published the book Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them with Princeton University Press in which he claimed that “sober-minded economists…
My UK immigration ‘love tax’ nightmare – plus update
Brussels Signal sub-editor Chris Nelson fears new immigration rules mean he will have to choose between living with his wife in the Philippines or his family in…
‘Post-Brexit migration works’ as figures show surge in foreign job-seekers
Foreign interest in UK jobs has soared in a ringing endorsement of the post-Brexit immigration strategy launched in 2021, according to research from jobs website…